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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0008339Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Smeltingpublic2014-09-23 14:062014-09-23 19:15
ReporterPickerel Assigned Touser1294 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionno change required 
OSwindowsOS Version8 
Product Version0.40.13 
Summary0008339: Bar-melting exploit no longer seems to work.
DescriptionSupposedly one used to be able to designate a number of bars for melting, resulting in the same number of bars and increased experience (An exploit). I never used this exploit back in the day, as I didn't know it existed, but it seems to no longer exist anyway. Melting bars seems to result in the destruction of a number of bars, though still with gained experience. I destroyed 0000036:0000100 copper bars in testing in only 12 smelters, and then I tested with one of these smelters and a pattern holds, so it's not a matter of fractions. When testing with one smelter alone (though not a removed-rebuilt smelter, so may begin with its own fractions), I sat and watched dwarves work. In one round, melting 6 copper bars resulted in 3 copper bars, and melting 5 silver bars resulted in 3 silver bars. These were not waylaid or used in other processes: I have no others, and I specifically sat and watched as dwarves melted the bars, each time checking for a final product or not. So... just so people know, I am pretty sure this particular 'bug' or 'feature' is no longer in play.
Steps To ReproduceDesignate bars for melting, keep track of how many. Watch as products come out (or not).
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related to 0002094 new Bars allowed to be melted 
related to 0006026 confirmeduser6 Melting coins creates too much metal 

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user1294

2014-09-23 14:46

  ~0030333

That sounds like something that should be discussed on the forums. An exploit being made impossible isn't a bug.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-09-23 14:06 Pickerel New Issue
2014-09-23 14:46 user1294 Note Added: 0030333
2014-09-23 14:46 user1294 Status new => resolved
2014-09-23 14:46 user1294 Resolution open => no change required
2014-09-23 14:46 user1294 Assigned To => user1294
2014-09-23 19:15 user6 Relationship added related to 0002094
2014-09-23 19:16 user6 Relationship added related to 0006026